Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Online Communities (Before Presentation)

Nowadays, many people participate in the computer-mediated social groups known as virtual communities. People in virtual communities do just about everything people do in real life, such as, finding friends, falling in love, chatting, playing online games, etc., but we leave our bodies behind. The online communities are attractive and even addictive. We are going to discuss this feature in our presentation and illustrate how virtual communities affect our real life by some relevant examples. Also, some scholars present a number of useful and comprehensive overview of this issue which put many of the debates about cyberspace in perspective.

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